Day 118 Homeward Bound

30/06/13
I got up at 09.00 and after a shower I went downstairs for my free breakfast which consisted of a baguette with jam. I finished packing and checked out just before 11 and then spent the next 2 hours watching 'Friends' on my laptop. Just before 13.00 I was taken on the back of a motorbike to a waiting minibus. The minibus was crammed full of people all wanting to go to the airport. After an hour we were dropped off  and those of us going to Bangkok/Heathrow had to wait about an hour before check-in opened. Straight from check-in I went through passport control and just like when entering Vietnam they took ages to check my passport, scanning and rechecking it a number of times, finally I was allowed through to departures. In the departures lounge I walked round looking for somewhere to charge my laptop but there were no sockets anywhere so I read after it ran out of juice. I also walked round looking for George and Rob but I only saw them in the departure line. They had had some trouble getting here from Bangkok and we actually got on the plane they had vacated less than 30 minutes previously. For he whole journey to Doha I didn't have anybody sitting next to me (I was centre of a triple). I spent the time watching films or sleeping. At Doha we had to wait 4 hours so we bought a drink and chatted to spend the time. The journey to Heathrow went very much the same as the previous flight although we were sitting together. When we arrived in Heathrow we didn't have to wait long to pick up our bags once we had gone through passport control and we were greeted in arrivals by George's mum. We went for a drink at Costa whilst we waited for Rob's parents. They had got the wrong time so we all travelled back together. When I arrived back there was nobody home, although mum did turn up within 10 minutes. It's good to be back.